The PACC Program, an initiative designed to support emerging curators worldwide, is now in its fifth edition. Building on the AAMC Foundation’s expertise and connections, the PACC program aims to support curators who face professional barriers, such as limited access to opportunities or institutional resources.

Applications are open to curators with 3-5 years of working experience as a curator (including fellowships and excluding internships) with full-time work in a nonprofit visual art organization within the last 12 months. There is no cost to apply or to participate in the program. Applications open each spring.

2025 PACC Fellows
Daisy Alejandre, Curatorial Assistant, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA
Lisbet Barrientos, Curatorial Assistant for Arts of Asia, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Grace Billingslea, Curatorial Assistant, Arts of the Americas and American Art, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Clarke Brown, Special Projects Curator, Clark Atlanta University Art Museum, Atlanta, GA
Brandon Eng, Curatorial Assistant, Visual Arts, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Erika Holum, Independent Curator, Houston, TX
Jaleesa Johnston, Curatorial Coordinator, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Alex Jones, Curatorial Assistant, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Abi Lua, Assistant Curator, James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
Lillian O'Brien Davis, Associate Curator, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK, Canada

Learn more about the 2025 PACC fellows here.

2025 PACC Mentors

Grace Deveney, Associate Curator, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Shawnya Harris, Deputy Director of Curatorial and Academic Affairs, Georgia Museum of Arts, Athens, GA
Shalini Le Gall, Director, Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC
Leilani Lynch, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver, CO
Felicia Mings, Curator, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, Canada
Jade Powers, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
Alejandra Rojas Silva, Curator of European & American Art, Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI
Ilona Smiling, Director, Museum of Belize, Belize City, Belize
Gabriela Urtiaga, Chief Curator, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA
Rangsook Yoon, Senior Curator, Sarasota Art Museum, Sarasota, FL

Learn more about the 2025 PACC Mentors here.

2024 PACC Fellows

Carla Forbes, Curatorial Assistant, Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY 
Jordan Horton, Curator, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
Julianne Miao, Curatorial Assistant, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC
Armando Pullido, Curatorial Assistant, The Huntington Library and Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Kabila Kyowa Stéphane, Fellow, Gerda Henkel Foundaiton at the Museum Am Rothenbaum, Hamburg, Germany
Thea Quiray Tagle, Associate Curator, The Bell/Brown Arts Institute, Providence, RI
Odessa Warren, Assistance Curator, International Art, HTRC:T, Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom 
Lorilee Wastasecoot, Curator of Indigenous Art and Engagement, University of Victoria Legacy Art Galleries, Victoria, BC, Canada
Hayashi Wilder, Art Bridges Community Partnerships & Curatorial Fellow, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR
Hina Zaidi, Curatorial Assistant, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL

This program is made possible through the generosity of  the Getty Foundation, the Institute of Library and Museum Services, the Mellon Foundation, and the AAMC Foundation President’s Circle.